Heat/COLD is Australia's number one natural killer

Cold weather kills 20 times as many people as hot weather, according to an international study analyzing over 74 million deaths in 384 locations across 13 countries. The findings, published in The Lancet, also reveal that deaths due to moderately hot or cold weather substantially exceed those resulting from extreme heat waves or cold spells.

I came across a few links for Australia that seemed to confirm the results from those peer reviewed papers, including this - from the Lancet:

A new study published in The Lancet shows 6.5% of deaths in this country are attributed to cold weather, compared with 0.5% from hot weather. Most deaths will be from cardiovascular and respiratory disease, as it’s the heart and lungs that struggle when we are outside our comfort zone.

So, I was amazed to read this report by Andrew Leeson:AAP and reported this week (Sept 2016) on National radio and Television :